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The hidden cost of waiting to be paid
Cash tied up between delivery and payment is one of the cheapest sources of funding a business can unlock.

Daniel Okoro
Partner, Operations

Many profitable businesses are short of cash simply because they wait too long to be paid.
Find where the days go
Follow a handful of orders from delivery to payment. The delays are usually in hand-offs, not in customers.
Invoice on delivery
Every day between delivery and invoice is a day added to your cash cycle.
Review cash weekly
A short weekly review of overdue invoices keeps the issue visible and the numbers moving.